Agathymus aryxna

Agathymus aryxna, the Arizona giant skipper, is a butterfly in the family Hesperiidae described by Harrison Gray Dyar Jr. in 1905.[1][2][3] Its range includes Central and North America.[2]

Agathymus aryxna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Genus:
Agathymus
Species:
A. aryxna
Binomial name
Agathymus aryxna
Dyar, 1905
Synonyms
  • Megathymus drucei Skinner, 1911

The MONA or Hodges number for Agathymus aryxna is 4132.[4] [5]

References
  1. "Species Agathymus aryxna - Arizona Giant Skipper - Hodges#4132". BugGuide. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  2. "Agathymus aryxna (Dyar, 1905)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  3. "Agathymus aryxna Arizona Giant-skipper". Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved 2018-01-15.
  4. Pohl, G.R., Patterson, B., & Pelham, J.P. (2016). Annotated Taxonomic Checklist of the Lepidoptera of North America, North of Mexico
  5. Pelham, Jonathan P. (July 1, 2017). "A Catalog of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada". Butterflies of America. Retrieved 2018-01-15.

Further reading
  • Arnett, Ross H. (2000). American Insects: A Handbook of the Insects of America North of Mexico. CRC Press.
  • Hodges, Ronald W., et al., eds. (1983). Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico, xxiv + 284.
  • Opler, Paul A. (1999). A Field Guide to Western Butterflies. Second edition, xiv + 540.
  • Pelham, Jonathan P. (2008). "A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature". Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40, xiv + 658.


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